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Jeffries primed to formally launch 2014 campaign for Newark mayor
Written by Max Pizarro on May 7, 2013 - Politicker NJ
Shavar Jeffries of Newark has an event scheduled later this month in which he promises a special announcement.
The Seton Hall University law professor and former assistant attorney general and counsel is planning a run for mayor.
His kickoff event is set for May 21st at the Newark Boys and Girls Club.
Controversial Professor Links Two Rising Politicians
Written by Andrew Grossman on April 28, 2013 - The Wall Street Journal
Hakeem Jeffries is a freshman congressman from Brooklyn seen by Democratic Party leaders as a promising black politician with appeal across ethnic lines. Shavar Jeffries, a Seton Hall University law professor, is trying to cut a similar image as he begins a campaign to succeed Newark Mayor Cory Booker.
The two men hope to be at the front of a new generation of African-American leadership, but they share a common link to a contentious figure from the past: former City University of New York Prof. Leonard Jeffries, whom both call their uncle, but for different reasons.
